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Definition of Power

Power n. means: A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

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Power n. means: A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Meaning of Power

Power (n.) means: A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

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Power (n.): Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force,
or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the
power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of
enthusiasm.

Power (n.): Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty
of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance;
capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency;
might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction;
money gives power.

Power (n.): A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Power (n.): Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of
endurance.

Pancratic (a.): Having all or many degrees of power; having a great
range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a
varying magnifying power.

Imagination (n.): The representative power; the power to reconstruct or
recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex
faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

Imagination (n.): The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to
create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived;
the power to call up mental imagines.

Watt (n.): A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of
power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English
horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.

Horse power (): A unit of power, used in stating the power required to
drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam
engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required
for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work
per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting
33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the
rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per
second, etc.

Veto (n.): A power or right possessed by one department of government to
forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another
department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested
in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by
the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the
Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of
the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.

Usurpation (n.): The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an
infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure
of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or
upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.

Power (n.): The product arising from the multiplication of a number into
itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of
a number.

Intellect (n.): The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows,
as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the
capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power
to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and
comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Strong (superl.): Having active physical power, or great physical power
to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

Will (v.): The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul
by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by
which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring
or selecting one of two or more objects.

Fly (v. i.): A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a
power printing press for doing the same work.

Power (n.): A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to
drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Admission (n.): Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance;
access; power to approach.

Force (n.): Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;
violence; coercion.

Power (n.): A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good
things.

Power (n.): Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the
business was referred to a committee with power.

Masterful (a.): Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or
expressing power or mastery.

Magnetism (n.): Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to
gain the affections.

Aphemia (n.): Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power
of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

Counterbalance (v. t.): To oppose with an equal weight or power; to
counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.

Arbiter (n.): Any person who has the power of judging and determining,
or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and
governing is not limited.

Capacity (n.): The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Bilocation (n.): Double location; the state or power of being in two
places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of
the saints.

Act (n.): That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the
effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

Contractive (a.): Tending to contract; having the property or power or
power of contracting.

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Words, slangs, sentences and phrases similar to Power

Meaning of Behind the Power Curve

Behind the Power Curve means: Not keeping up with expectations. Technically, any airspeed less than that for the maximum liftto-drag ratio, which is that portion of the power curve (a graphical plot of engine power vs. aircraft speed) at which the aircraft requires more power to go slower in steady level flight.

Meaning of mojo

Meaning of Power Puke or Power Barf

Power Puke or Power Barf means: Projectile vomiting, a symptom of airsickness.

Meaning of Drift

Drift means: (1) Speed or velocity of current
(2) The leeway, or movement of the boat, when not under power, or when being
pushed sideways while under power.

Meaning of Military Power

Military Power means: Maximum jet engine power without engaging afterburner.

Meaning of POWER

POWER means: Power is slang for to travel with great speed or force.

Meaning of BATTLE

BATTLE means: IT USED TO BE THAT A POWER MOVE WAS ALL TYPES OF SPINS THAT LOOKED POWERFUL..BUT AS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED..ANYTHING THAT TAKES STRENGTH IS POWER...(LOOK AT CRUMBS)

Meaning of BATTLE

BATTLE means: IT USED TO BE THAT A POWER MOVE WAS ALL TYPES OF SPINS THAT LOOKED POWERFUL..BUT AS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED..ANYTHING THAT TAKES STRENGTH IS POWER...(LOOK AT CRUMBS)

Meaning of hop up

hop up means: Increase the power and speed of a car. I have hooyah power!

Meaning of mojo

mojo means: Voodoo magic power, personal power, inner strength. The president used his mojo to guarantee sunny weather for commencement.

Meaning of POWER AND GLORY

POWER AND GLORY means: Power and glory is London Cockney rhyming slang for the penis (cory).

Meaning of PULLING POWER

PULLING POWER means: Pulling power is British slang for sexual attraction.

Meaning of POWER BOOT

POWER BOOT means: Power boot is American slang for to vomit

Meaning of POWER BARF

POWER BARF means: Power barf is American slang for to vomit

Meaning of Power Rack:

Power Rack: means: Also known as a power cage or squat cage, this piece of equipment is where some seriously heavy (or simply safe) lifting takes place. Designed with safety bars to allow for a safer workout, the four-posted rack is a go-to for squats and presses, to name a few.

Meaning of dynamo

dynamo means: n generator. Usually on a car or bicycle, this is a device intended to take power from the engine to recharge your battery as you drive along (or power the lights, in the case of a bicycle). Or, in the case of my own fine automobile, take power from the engine and dribble it lazily into the ether. These days, dynamos on cars have been replaced by alternators. Alternators run on alternating current as opposed to direct current and are more effective at charging the battery at low revs. Why, you might wonder, do some of the parts of this book that relate to cars appear to have a lot more effort put into them than other parts? Well, Im a car person. Im much more interested in car words than I am in words that mean sheetrock or faucet. If youre a sheetrock person then Im sure theres a book out there somewhere for you.

Meaning of council house

council house means: n public housing, projects. Housing built by the government and meted out to the needy, so they can reproduce and smoke pot in it. In the U.K. such projects were largely the brainchild of a Labour government, but when the Conservatives took power in 1979 they had the fantastic idea of allowing the tenants (generally working-class Labour voters) the option of buying their council houses at a discount to market value, which proved wonderfully popular. It also made it rather tricky for Labour to reverse the plan when they attained power in 1997, as it had made a great many of their upstanding supporters substantially richer.

Meaning of HP

HP means: Higher Power

Meaning of juice

juice means: energy, power

Meaning of oomph

oomph means: power or force

Meaning of Power

Power means: Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force,
or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the
power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of
enthusiasm.

Meaning of Power

Power means: Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty
of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance;
capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency;
might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction;
money gives power.

Meaning of Power

Power means: A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Meaning of Power

Power means: Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of
endurance.

Meaning of Pancratic

Pancratic means: Having all or many degrees of power; having a great
range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a
varying magnifying power.

Meaning of Imagination

Imagination means: The representative power; the power to reconstruct or
recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex
faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

Meaning of Imagination

Imagination means: The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to
create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived;
the power to call up mental imagines.

Meaning of Watt

Watt means: A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of
power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English
horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.

Meaning of Horse power

Horse power means: A unit of power, used in stating the power required to
drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam
engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required
for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work
per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting
33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the
rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per
second, etc.

Meaning of Veto

Veto means: A power or right possessed by one department of government to
forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another
department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested
in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by
the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the
Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of
the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.

Meaning of Usurpation

Usurpation means: The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an
infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure
of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or
upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.

Meaning of Power

Power means: The product arising from the multiplication of a number into
itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of
a number.

Meaning of Intellect

Intellect means: The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows,
as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the
capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power
to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and
comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Meaning of Strong

Strong means: Having active physical power, or great physical power
to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

Meaning of Will

Will means: The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul
by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by
which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring
or selecting one of two or more objects.